Newly Registered Livestock and Poultry Breeds of India

The Breed Registration Committee approved 13 indigenous and 3 synthetic breeds of livestock and poultry in the country. The newly approved indigenous breeds include Medini cattle (Jharkhand), Rohilkhandi cattle (Uttar Pradesh), Melghati buffalo (Maharashtra), Palamu goat (Jharkhand), Udaipuri goat (Uttarakhand), Nagamimithun (Nagaland), Mala chicken (Jharkhand), Kodo duck (Jharkhand), Kudu duck (Odisha), Kuttanad duck (Kerala), Manipuri duck (Manipur), Nagi duck (Assam), and Rajdigheli geese (Assam). The approved synthetic breeds are Karan Fries cattle (Haryana), Vrindavani cattle (Uttar Pradesh), and Avishaan sheep (Rajasthan).